Ruler of the Wasteland and 7th of Never.. great albums
I think that these two - especially "The 7th Of Never" - are their best albums.
as for the other bands you named I only heard Phantom Blue and i wasn't too impressed with them... i still have their album
Which one?
Right! I still looking for Phantom Blue albums, having as MP3s is not the same
. Recently acquired a Zed Yago compilation and I wish their albums (both with Jutta) were reissued, the compilation is not enough for me.
I do have both Zed Yago albums (with Jutta) as well as Phantom Blue´s "Built To Perform" and "Prime Cuts & Glazed Donuts" on CD (+Phantom Blue´s debut on vinyl), but in spite of the fact that I haven´t listened to them for quite a long time now, I still can´t decide to part with them. Well, thinking about it, I might be willing to part with "Prime Cuts & Glazed Donuts", because it is - at least to me - the least interesting Phantom Blue album. I think it wasn´t officially available, but you had to order it directly from the band.
I still have to check Chastain and Leather Leone vocals.
I think the re-release of "The 7th Of Never" with "The Voice Of The Cult" on one CD would be a good starting-point.
Also, I don't think the lack of femme-fronted gold pedastal albums has anything to do with the sex of the singer. Fact is, it's all about songwriting. And for some reason, most of the greatest metal albums of all time just didn't happen to have a chick at the mic.
I think it is - as always - a question of personal taste. Having a look at my "eternal" playlist (started in 1988), I can tell you that the first eight metal albums on that list - Fear Of God´s "Within The Veil", Atrox´ "Terrestrials", Nightwish´s "Oceanborn", Atrox´ "Orgasm", The Third And The Mortal´s "Tears Laid In Earth", Madder Mortem´s "Deadlands", Détente´s "Recognize No Authority" and Atrox´ "Contentum" - are all female-fronted.
BTW, I forgot to mention another female-fronted band which featured a vocalist with a powerful voice, namely Malteze. To my knowledge, they only released one album titled "Count Your Blessings" in 1990, the title track of which is definitely the best song.